As well as helping on the Hungarian border, the team made day-long journeys to the Polish and Romanian borders of Ukraine to deliver many tonnes of food provisions to Food for Life devotees operating in Kyiv and Kharhiv.
A humanitarian adviser told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that “There’s a Hare Krishna temple in Kharhiv where they have started cooking and feeding over 1000 people a day”.
“During the bombing of Kharhiv,” explained Premaketana das. “Devotees are distributing the food we delivered in bunkers, subways and the Metro Underground.”
Speaking in a BBC Three Counties Radio broadcast, Premaketana explained “Tens of thousands of people of Ukrainians are very hungry, restricted to living on food tokens if they are lucky to reach those most in need we made the decision to risk entering into the Ukraine itself. The soldiers were appreciative of our efforts and let us through.
“Devotees from Kyiv greatly appreciated our efforts of the team, thrilled to receive items we all too easily take for granted, such as rice and sugar. Our deliveries inside the country have set a practical trend that is continued by devotees near Ukraine’s borders.”
“We are working with the devotee communities here, inspiring each other to help each other to distribute more and more,” added Kanhaiya das.